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Mental Health
07/02/2012
Reasons People Are Afraid of Love Why are some people afraid to love? I can give you a handful of reasons... More >>

Tags: AttitudeCommitmentDatingDisappointmentFearsMarriageMental Health
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06/19/2012
Why It's Important to Eat with Your Kids Some years back, I remember a television actor making a public service announcement suggesting that parents have dinner with their kids maybe once or twice a week. I was flabbergasted - there actually had to be a public service announcement to tell people this?! Then I realized that in our society, we probably do... More >>

Tags: ChildrenDepressionEat Less-Move MoreEating DisordersFamily/Relationships - FamilyHealthMental HealthNutritionParentingRelatives
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06/13/2012
My Priorities Shifted A traumatic experience that rerouted my life happened while I was in my late 20s. On our way to celebrate our engagement, my fiancé and I were hit head on by a reckless driver... More >>

Tags: HealthMental HealthRead On-AirValues
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06/07/2012
Sibling Turmoil My little sister is my best friend. It has not always been this way, but I value her friendship more than any other human being (other than my husband). More >>

Tags: Death of a parentMental HealthRelationshipsRelativesSiblingsSisters
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05/31/2012
How I Wrapped My Mental Wounds I'm a 51 year old woman, who always considered myself to be a strong and capable person. I never really understood how friends and acquaintances would have a phobia or fear of flying, or a fear of heights, etc. More >>

Tags: AnxietyFriendsFriendshipsHealthMental HealthPsychotherapyStress
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03/30/2012
Anxiety and Perfectionism Experience anxiety? Yes. I think it may be related to perfectionism. I grew up in a household with a narcissistic, anxious, mother who would self-medicate with alcohol and prescription drugs. More >>

Tags: Adult Child-ParentAnxietyFamily/Relationships - Adult Child/ParentHealthMarriageMental HealthPerfectionismStress
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03/09/2012
Kids Need Attention Not More Activities You are definitely onto something how many parents bury themselves in their smart phones, lap tops or cart the kids to every single after school activity they can sign the kids up for?!! More >>

Tags: Bipolar disorderHealthMental HealthParental Attention
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03/06/2012
The Decision I Regret the Most Your poll: what decision do you/would you regret the most, really struck home for me today. Unfortunately for me it was getting married when I did. I didn't choose wisely and she doesn't treat kindly. More >>

Tags: AbuseMarriageMental Health
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02/23/2012
Carol's Baby Blanket Reward Carol called in September needing help for her intense fear of leaving her home (agoraphobia) as she was missing out on her family. She had a daughter in Holland who was pregnant and due in January. Her agoraphobia also prohibited from getting a plane. UPDATE: PHOTOS OF CAROL, her daughter and granddaughter. More >>

Tags: HealthMental HealthPsychotherapyResponse to a Call
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02/08/2012
Bipolar Disorder Is Overdiagnosed In the over 30 years that I have been around in this profession, I've seen fads come and go... Now we're in a different kind of fad... It's not that people don't have disorders, but these huge increases are a bit suspect. Now, today, everybody is bipolar. More >>

Tags: Bipolar disorderHealthMental Health
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